June 4-7, 2020

Jun 04 00:05 Melvin Carter's national moment
Jun 04 08:55 Jim Mattis vs. verified reality
Jun 04 10:14 Tim Walz' hates the police
Jun 04 21:55 Jeremiah Ellison hates police

Jun 05 08:37 The Democrats' urban agenda

Jun 06 09:30 The DFL's job-killing machine
Jun 06 11:15 Mary Franson vs. Dan Wolgamott

Jun 07 09:04 Donald Trump's GOTV advantage
Jun 07 15:11 When police reform isn't enough

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Melvin Carter's national moment

Saying that St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter's national moment didn't go well is understatement. Appearing on The Daily Briefing With Dana Perino, Carter was asked about the breaking news that Minnesota AG Keith Ellison had just announced that he had increased the charge on Derek Chauvin from third-degree murder to second-degree murder. Ellison also announced the arrest of 3 of Chauvin's colleagues.

Carter started by saying "I think that's absolutely critical. Everybody knows that the basic job of a police officer is to help when people are hurting and so when we look at this video and see Officer Chauvin committing this gross atrocity against humanity against George Floyd..." Let's get serious, Mayor Carter. The primary function of a police officer is to protect the public. Period. If you want to help people who are hurting, join the Peace Corp. The job of law enforcement is : to enforce laws.

The primary reason why governments exist is to protect people. If neighborhoods are pillaged, stores are looted and people are too afraid to venture outside, then that isn't a society.
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Here is Sen. Klobuchar's tweet about the upping of charges:


I'm tired of letting Democrats off the hook because they're (supposedly) well-intentioned. I don't give a damn anymore. Democrats, especially here in Minnesota, have turned a blind eye toward the activist/agitator wing of their party. The DFL needs to stop thinking first about how to acquire more political power and start worrying about doing the right thing first. Remember this: the DFL will always do the right thing -- when it's the only option left.

This breaks my heart:
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It's time for Melvin Carter to figure out what the role of government is. The primary function of government is to protect its citizens. Apparently, they didn't teach that in college.

Posted Thursday, June 4, 2020 12:05 AM

Comment 1 by J. Ewing at 04-Jun-20 09:04 AM
Somebody pointed out that the problem here is black community's distrust of the police and the belief there is "systemic racism" in the way they are treated generally. They also point out that Democrats have been promising to "fix it" since forever, and that they have been IN POWER in Minneapolis for all that time. Are they hypocrites, fools, or just idiots?

Jim Mattis vs. verified reality

It's obvious that Gen. Jim Mattis was upset. It's equally obvious that he wasn't in touch with reality. In an op-ed, which I won't link to, Gen. Mattis wrote "I have watched this week's unfolding events, angry and appalled. The words 'Equal Justice Under Law' are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand - one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by tens of thousands of people of conscience who are insisting that we live up to our values - our values as people and our values as a nation. We must reject and hold accountable those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution."

What's disgusting is that the police are protecting the protesters' right to protest. Where politicians let them, the police have protected civilians, businesses and property. When idiots like Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Jacob Frey and Tom Wolf have tied law enforcement's hands, rioters have controlled this nation's major cities after sunset.

Police officers were run over, shot in the head or murdered by rioters. Private property was demolished by the insurrectionists/terrorists. Minority businesses were burned to the ground after they were looted. Does Gen. Mattis think that we'd be better off letting these local officials make decisions that destroy minority neighborhoods while the liberal politicians give rioters room to riot?

Let's not overlook Gen. Mattis' statement about "those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution." Sending in military troops is constitutional. Article IV of he Constitution gives the commander-in-chief that authority. That isn't making a "mockery of our Constitution." That's obeying the Constitution.

Mattis also wrote this:

Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people - does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us. We are witnessing the consequences of three years of this deliberate effort. We are witnessing the consequences of three years without mature leadership. We can unite without him, drawing on the strengths inherent in our civil society. This will not be easy, as the past few days have shown, but we owe it to our fellow citizens; to past generations that bled to defend our promise; and to our children.

With all due respect, Gen. Mattis, you're relying on faulty intel. President Trump didn't divide this nation. Antifa, Occupy Wall Street and other Democrat-aligned organizations have been dividing this nation for over 10 years. That's a verified fact. According to this article , Antifa doesn't hide its disgust for governance:

We spoke to secret Antifa groups in Oregon. They said they come from a variety of political backgrounds but they were united in their opposition to fascism, and they have an anti-government streak. They said they see creeping authoritarianism in the current American administration that they are looking to build "a movement that really insulates us from the policies of Donald Trump".

That's what division sounds like. Antifa/anarchist organizations have existed since the 1920s. That's before President Trump was born.

It isn't difficult to make the argument that the Obama administration abused the Constitution far more than the Trump administration has. Lois Lerner used the IRS to prevent TEA Party organizations from fully participating in the 2012 election. Lerner's actions stripped these citizens of their First Amendment rights. The Obama FBI lied to the FISA Court to spy on Carter Page, thereby denying Page the Constitution's Fourth Amendment rights.

In his op-ed, Gen. Mattis wrote this:

I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens - much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside.

That's sour grapes. Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution says "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence." President Trump isn't overstepping his constitutional authorities. He's thinking about exercising his constitutional authorities. To date, he hasn't utilized the authority of Article IV, nor has he used the authority of the Insurrection Act of 1807.

President Trump let Gen. Mattis have it in this statement:
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It's time for Gen. Mattis to fully retire. It's apparent that he isn't a constitutional scholar. It's apparent, too, that he didn't figure it out that the commander-in-chief has an affirmative responsibility to protect the people of this nation.

Finally, would Gen. Mattis utilize the tactics and strategies that civilian Mattis is advocating for? I wouldn't bet on it.

Posted Thursday, June 4, 2020 8:55 AM

Comment 1 by eric z at 04-Jun-20 04:59 PM
Mullen too. Not just Mattis. Google = mullen mattis theatlantic

Response 1.1 by Gary Gross at 05-Jun-20 07:28 AM
Mullen was the shithead that did the Hillary-Benghazi 'investigation'. Judicial Watch filed a lawsuit & found the emails that Mullen missed. Mullen is a DC establishment hack.

Tim Walz' hates the police

It's terribly apparent that Tim Walz, the DFL governor of Minnesota, isn't a leader. Most of the time, he's been a blithering idiot who couldn't think his way out of a wet paper bag. During the COVID crisis, which Walz mishandled terribly, Walz used a one-size-fits-all strategy for the entire state. He didn't detect the difference between downtown Minneapolis and downtown Little Falls. Yesterday, Walz took a cheap shot at the GOP state senate.

Though he didn't mention Republicans by name, his intent was clear when he said "My call to action on this is: This is on us, and I don't think things just happen by chance. I'm not sure there's anywhere else in the country (where) their Legislature is coming back next week. So you're gonna get to see an opportunity next week how serious people are about getting this done. Because I will guarantee you, there will be bills put on the floor and put to a vote: Yes or no. Put your money where your mouth is and send it forward."

Here's something more specific:

The agenda poised to embody much of the initiatives was laid out earlier this week by lawmakers in the People of Color and Indigenous (POCI) Caucus, of which Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan was a founding member when she served in a Legislature. Their agenda includes some two dozen ideas, under five general topics - as the caucus defined them:

  1. Reform the investigation and prosecution of officer-involved deaths and wrongful actions

  2. Increase police accountability and transparency

  3. Raise standards of conduct and support officer excellence

  4. Partner officers with the communities they serve

  5. Repair and build community trust and create community-centered public safety


There's a term for the vast majority of this initiative. That term is DOA. In fact, it isn't worth trying. For instance, the goal of raising "standards of conduct and support officer excellence" sounds worthwhile until you get to the part that major city DFL mayors undercut police officers virtually daily, either by criticizing them for partisan gain, gutting their budgets and their forces or by accusing them of "systemic racism'.

If you've just graduated from a law enforcement program, why on God's green earth would you want to serve a mayor who doesn't hesitate in criticizing you, puts the police budget on the chopping block yearly and thinks that police want to kill people of color each day? That's before tackling the issue of officer excellence without reforming the police unions. Officers often get criticized and kicked off the force, only to have the union file (and win) a lawsuit restoring the officer to full duty with back pay. There's no chance that the DFL will take on a public employee union, especially in an election year.

Repairing and building trust within communities is virtually impossible when DFL politicians take cheap shots at the police. What's worse is when Antifa-supporting legislators like Aisha Gomez say things like this :

This is why we talk about police abolition.

There is no reform that can fix this system. No training or body camera or coaching or diversification effort or outside investigation or toothless oversight body that can fix this.

The rot in police departments is the rot in our political and social systems, crystallized and heavily armed. It is a reflection of our country, built on the enslavement of African people and the genocide and dispossession of Native people, reliant on exploited immigrant labor to enforce the racialized social order and help the powerful accumulate wealth.

This female might be more insane than Ilhan Omar. Why would I take her seriously?

Posted Thursday, June 4, 2020 10:14 AM

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Jeremiah Ellison hates police

Jeremiah Ellison, Keith Ellison's son and a member of Minneapolis's City Council, announced that their City Council will "dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department." Ellison wasn't finished, though, adding that "when we're done, we're not simply gonna glue it back together. We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response. It's really past due."

This Strib article adds additional details to the story. For instance, we learn that the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, aka MDHR, is involved. That's terrible news for sane people living in Minneapolis. The MDHR is filled with far-left activists. Rebecca Lucero is the commissioner in charge of MDHR.

State Human Rights Commissioner Rebecca Lucero said, without providing specifics of the negotiated agreement: "We are really committed to working very quickly to making sure we can implement some changes immediately. We continue to have that commitment and continue to move forward with that."

In other words, Minneapolis is about to become utterly unlivable in a short period of time. Less than a year ago, I wrote this post highlighting the dishonesty of MDHR 'leadership':

"Hate is not a value in St. Cloud or in any part of our state. Our community deserves better," says MDHR Commissioner Rebecca Lucero. "I am heartbroken by the attempts to silence discussion on hate crimes. The goal of the forum was to discuss the community we want to create. One that is full of dignity and joy."

What a liar. The 'protesters' stood 100 feet away from the entrance to the building where the event was scheduled to be held. Further, as I wrote in the post, the 'protesters' were there to pray for the "Persecuted Church."

Anyone thinking that the MDHR is unbiased is likely to think that Al Sharpton is politically conservative. Then there's this:

City Council President Lisa Bender said the city was still working Thursday evening on details of the document, which the council planned to vote on during a public meeting Friday afternoon.

If the council gives its blessing, as is expected, the order will also require approval from a judge at a hearing that is likely to be scheduled next week, according to a presentation given to the city's Commission on Civil Rights earlier this week.

"The timeline for the impact of the [temporary restraining order] is for this weekend," Bender said. "It's for immediate accountability measures for the Police Department. It's not meant to be anywhere near starting this bigger conversation."

Expect this to kill Minneapolis, especially minority neighborhoods. The DFL will have essentially told minority neighborhoods that they're on their own. Imagine a big city that won't protect its citizens. Why would people stay?
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Minnesota is officially crazy. PS- Check out the organization name on the megaphone Ellison is using. It's TakeAction Minnesota, one of the farthest left organizations in Minnesota. It isn't surprising that they're supporting the elimination of the MPD.

Posted Thursday, June 4, 2020 9:55 PM

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The Democrats' urban agenda

It's pretty clear that the Democrats' urban agenda isn't that appealing. That's because the Democrats' agenda thus far has been to let rioters burn minority-owned businesses. Democrats have failed to protect people, whether they're living in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Minneapolis or Detroit.

If that isn't enough, major Democrat cities like Los Angeles and Minneapolis have announced that they're either boarding up their police department (Minneapolis) or cutting the police budget by $150,000,000 (Los Angeles). They're essentially telling businesses that they won't protect businesses, whether they're minority-owned businesses or major corporations like the New York Macys.

The Democrats' agenda isn't about uniting people. It's difficult picturing the Democrats' agenda of appeasing the far-left and the criminal left as working in battleground states. That's especially true in the suburbs. Security moms won't vote for people who won't protect their families. You can virtually hear the firearms flying off the shelves as single moms realize that Democrats won't protect their homes.
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Bit-by-bit, the mask is getting ripped off the Democrats image towards minorities. It's been Democrats that didn't protect minority neighborhoods. Democrats didn't protect minority-owned businesses.

We're told that there's systemic racism everywhere we turn in the U.S. What's systemic is the failure of Democrat policies. Democrats have insisted that all solutions flow from Washington, DC. That's BS. One-size-fits-all policies aren't solutions. They're the problem. Accountability isn't a feature of one-size-fits-all policies.

Then again, having idiots like Keith and Jeremiah Ellison proposing policies that strip protections from minority neighborhoods isn't what's needed, either. Eliminating the police who protect citizens is just plain stupid. If competence were a job requirement, most Democrats would be out of a job.

Posted Friday, June 5, 2020 8:37 AM

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The DFL's job-killing machine

It isn't surprising that DFL Chairman Ken Martin is whining that House Republicans stopped a bonding bill. It isn't surprising because Tim Walz is one of the biggest job-killing machines in Minnesota history. Thanks to Gov. Walz's autocratic shelter-in-place order, hospitals weren't permitted to perform elective health procedures.

Thanks to Gov. Walz's ill-informed COVID models, Minnesota's economy was needlessly shut down. When Republicans tried reopening Minnesota's economy, Tim Walz and the DFL leadership in the House stood in the way of reopening. When Republicans tried forcing Gov. Walz to govern together with them, the DFL majority in the House rejected that. That means Gov. Walz remains in total control of what opens when. There aren't any legitimate discussions with the full legislative branch. There aren't any negotiations on reopening Minnesota's economy or its outdoors.

It simply means the DFL rubberstamps Gov. Walz's decisions. Speaking of Gov. Walz's decisions, they've shredded Minnesota's economy. This isn't up for debate. Gov. Walz hasn't tried hiding that fact. His daily COVID briefings have featured dissertations on how we had to kill the economy to prevent the spread of the virus.

The key to creating jobs is reopening the economy. When Georgia reopened its economy, people predicted that COVID deaths would spike . Georgia didn't see that predicted spike. When Florida reopened their economy, people predicted that Florida would suffer the same fate that New York suffered previously. They were so confident of this that they made it sound like a fait accompli. Florida's COVID death numbers haven't spiked. Those indignant Floridians didn't die to make the 'experts' look good. Gov. DeSantis let the know-it-alls in the media have it when his decisions worked:
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Ken Martin has a reason for writing the op-ed. It's intended to distract from Gov. Walz's economic- and health-related decisions, which have been disastrous. The votes for the bonding bill will materialize a minute after Gov. Walz stops acting like an autocrat and the House DFL majority stops protecting Gov. Walz from his disastrous decisions.

What this op-ed won't do, though, is protect the DFL from Ryan Winkler's lies:


Winkler is the House Majority Leader, though, talent-wise, he's really just a back-bench bomb thrower. He's also a race-baiter. Martin's op-ed won't take enough attention away from the Minneapolis DFL's intent to disband the Minneapolis Police Department .

Martin's DFL is filled with far-left idiots. There's only so much he can do to hide Jeremiah Ellison, Lisa Bender and Steve Fletcher. They're the 3 'leaders' who want to dismantle the MPD.

The question facing Minnesotans is whether they want to trust the DFL with having the ability to dismantle police departments while leaving vulnerable communities without protection. Do they trust the DFL to propose sane policies that will strengthen Minnesota's economy? They shouldn't because the DFL's recent history shows that they're filled with socialists and Antifa-supporting legislators. Why would anyone trust that bunch? I wouldn't trust them to run a lemonade stand, much less a city or a state.

Posted Saturday, June 6, 2020 9:30 AM

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Mary Franson vs. Dan Wolgamott

The difference between my legislator, Dan Wolgamott, and Mary Franson, who represents Alexandria and Long Prairie, isn't difficult to detect. This week's e-letter updates offer a perfect example of the difference between a compliant DFL legislator and a Republican legislative leader who's capable of thinking for herself. Let's start with Rep. Wolgamott's letter.

It opens with "I want to start by acknowledging how much Minnesota and our community is hurting right now. The death of George Floyd is still incredibly fresh in our minds, and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge us in unprecedented ways." That's a terrible read on things. I don't dispute that Minneapolis is still hurting, though not for the reasons listed in Rep. Wolgamott's letter. St. Cloud is worried about reopening its economy, not George Floyd.

Further, most people think that COVID is pretty much finished. After seeing all the looting, rioting and protesting the past 2 weeks, it's clear that social distancing and phased reopenings are history. Despite that becoming obvious to anyone with eyes, Wolgamott included this in his e-letter update:


This 'Phase 3' of reopenings and lifted restrictions will begin on Wednesday, June 10, and includes the following:

  1. Restaurants can begin offering indoor dining while maintaining social distancing, requiring reservations, and seating no more than 50 percent occupancy.

  2. Indoor social gatherings can take place with 10 people or less; outdoor social gatherings can take place with 25 people or less.

  3. Gyms, personal fitness and yoga studios, and martial arts may open at 25 percent capacity.

  4. Indoor entertainment venues, such as theaters and concert halls, can open at 25 percent capacity.

  5. Recreational indoor entertainment venues, such as bowling alleys, arcades, and museums may open at 25 percent capacity.

  6. Personal services, such as salons, tattoo parlors, and barbershops, may increase occupancy rates to 50 percent while requiring reservations.

  7. Outdoor entertainment venues, such as sporting events, concerts, and theaters may open at 25 percent capacity.

  8. Places of worship can increase occupancy rates to 50 percent.


Compare that puppy dog compliance with Rep. Franson's e-letter update:

Today, the governor announced Phase 3 of reopening the economy, which will begin June 10th. This means that indoor dining will be open at 50% capacity, with safety measures like masks and social distancing. Salons and personal services will increase to 50% capacity as well, with all the same safety measures they are currently using.

New openings will include pools opening at 50% capacity, fitness centers and theaters at 25% capacity up to 250 people, and churches at 50% capacity or up to 250 people. Additionally, Phase 3 includes social gatherings of 25 people or less. More information on these new guidelines can be found here.

While this is another step in the right direction, I am extremely disappointed that these restrictions still seem arbitrary and unscientific. Instead of keeping businesses closed or severely reduced, we need to focus our efforts on protecting our nursing homes and long-term care facilities so we can begin the process of rebuilding our economy.

Notice that Rep. Franson didn't try hiding Gov. Walz's decision to send COVID-infected seniors back to nursing homes. That's led to hundreds of deaths that could've been avoided.

Wolgamott swept that decision under the rug. Franson didn't. While George Floyd's family grieves for him, the DFL hasn't changed their policy towards assisted living facilities. The DFL rioted in Minneapolis over George Floyd's death. In fact they're planning on dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department over it. Over the past 10 years, there've been, at most, a dozen officer-involved shootings. Riots erupted over that. At least 700 Minnesota seniors have unnecessarily died by getting exposed to COVID.

The DFL didn't utter a word on that. In fact, the DFL hasn't protected seniors since COVID started. The picture that Wolgamott unwittingly painted is that African-Americans are worthy of rioting over and changing our police force over but COVID-infected seniors aren't worthy of even an oversight hearing or a mention from the DFL.

Republicans are working hard to protect seniors while reopening Minnesota's economy safely. Thus far, the DFL have acted like little puppies. Don't forget that when you vote this fall.

Posted Saturday, June 6, 2020 11:15 AM

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Donald Trump's GOTV advantage

Salena Zito, the premier on-the-ground political report in the nation, reports that President Trump's support is strong in Pennsylvania. If President Trump wins Pennsylvania again, it's virtually impossible for former VP Joe Biden to win. Regardless of what the polls say, the numbers are the numbers.

Ms. Zito reports that "Despite a deadly pandemic, staggering unemployment and racial unrest, Pennsylvania voters showed up in record numbers to take part in their presidential primary Tuesday - even though the results were a foregone conclusion." Before jumping to the conclusion that Mr. Biden had turned in an impressive performance, it's best to read further before forming a conclusion.

Later, Ms. Zito reported "With almost 98 percent of districts counted, Republicans have cast more than 861,000 ballots for Donald Trump, with 734,000 Democrats voting for Joe Biden. And while it's still unclear how many people voted in person versus mail-in ballot, some counties are reporting that Trump drew plenty of supporters out of their homes."

That means that President Trump got 53.98% of the primary vote. Despite the fact that President Trump had clinched the nomination months before this, people still voted in high numbers for a primary. Then there's this:

Four years ago, pundits dismissed the overwhelming number of Trump signs posted on back roads, farms and highways in Rust Belt states as an unscientific measure of voter enthusiasm. But the signs for Trump (and lack of signs for his opponent Hillary Clinton) revealed a passion factor that traditional polls missed. In 2020, Trump signs are once again everywhere in Pennsylvania. And Biden signs seem nonexistent.

Trump signs, meanwhile, he's seen a lot of them. "They are everywhere," La Torre said, "and many of them are homemade . "

The fact that people are making Trump signs means that they aren't just Trump voters. It isn't a stretch to think that they're Trump volunteers, too. Since the start of the pandemic, the media has played up the supposed difficulties within the Trump campaign. After Republicans won the 2 congressional special elections last month, I said "the massive Trump army didn't disappear during the pandemic."

Indeed it hasn't. Coupled with the city council elections in Staunton , VA, signs are emerging that GOP turnout will be formidable this November. This article suggests that President Trump is in trouble in Ohio. That's foolish thinking. The Fox News poll that it's based on apparently thinks that Joe Biden will excite the Democrats' base and pull off a major upset.

There's nothing from the primaries that suggests that Joe Biden is igniting the Democrats' base. Biden was in trouble until James Clyburn endorsed him in South Carolina.

With a strong jobs report from Friday, there's reason to think the Trump campaign is gaining momentum. Couple that with the Democrats' call to defund the police and you've got a different version of peace and prosperity working in President Trump's favor. Let's be clear. I'm not saying that we've fully returned to the hot economy before the virus hit. I'm saying that people believe we've turned things around and we're starting a new comeback. Larry Kudlow thinks that's started:
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Larry is eternally an optimist. Still, he's often been right about these things. I won't bet against his predictions.

Posted Sunday, June 7, 2020 9:04 AM

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When police reform isn't enough

Jacob Frey has tried appeasing the far left wing of the DFL for 2 weeks now. He's let rioters riot. He's let looters loot neighborhood delis, pharmacies and grocery stores. He's even let these 'activists' invade the Third Precinct Police Station.

What was Frey's reward for being so enlightened, so woke? Frey got booed off the stage because he wasn't willing to totally defund the Minneapolis Police Department. At one point, "a protest organizer take the microphone and say, 'We have a yes or no question for you. Yes or no, will you commit to defunding the Minneapolis Police Department?" Before answering, Frey asked the woman, 'abolition of it?' The woman answered, 'one in the same.' After some back and forth, Frey answered that he does 'not support the full abolition of the police,' leading to the crowd's calls for Frey to go home."

For all of his appeasing these DFL activists, they've now threatened to primary him, then defeat him in that primary. These activists won't settle for a partial victory. They want to abolish the MPD:
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Frey is actually right in saying no to abolishing the MPD. What's required is reforming the union that represents the MPD. That union's leadership has fought for bad cops for most of my adult life. It's one thing to represent marginal officers. It's another to fight for officers like Derek Chauvin.

This article highlights what type of officer Chauvin was:

Police records and news accounts show that Chauvin had been involved in shootings and deaths, but also received a police department medal of valor in 2008, and was recognized again two years later. He has not spoken publicly since Floyd's death, and his attorney, Tom Kelly, did not return a call on Friday seeking comment.

In 2005, two people died when their car was hit by a vehicle being chased by Chauvin and Officer Terry Nutter, according to a report by Communities United Against Police Brutality, a Minneapolis nonprofit that monitors police conduct. Another person who had been riding in the car died a few days later, the report said.

The next year, Chauvin was among six officers who opened fire on Wayne Reyes, a stabbing suspect, after a chase that ended when he pointed a sawed-off shotgun at them, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported. Reyes was hit multiple times and died. A grand jury decided the use of force was justified.

The police union needs fixing. I don't know how people could argue otherwise. In Minneapolis, it doesn't appear as though the problem is a few bad apples. It looks more like the entire tree produces rotten apples. Between the politicians playing games with police budgets and that affecting the ability to attract high quality officers, it isn't surprising that Minneapolis isn't able to find officers who protect their citizens.

Throw in the fact that Minneapolis is a sanctuary city that won't officers enforce the law and you've got a terrible work environment. How can you recruit high quality officers to a city where the police budget is constantly compromised, officers aren't allowed to enforce laws and where mayors throw you under the bus daily?

It serves Frey right that he did his utmost to appease the farthest left of his party, then got flipped to the curb for not being loyal enough. This fits inot the category of "the gap between more and enough doesn't close."

Posted Sunday, June 7, 2020 3:11 PM

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